Mir-Hossein Mousavi
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June 12th the Men and Women of Iran voted for a New President.

TODAY'S NEWS - Friday 1st January

Tehran Time:

• Mousavi has released a statement in which he says he has no fear in being martyred. He has also said in his statement that by ordering the execution, murder or imprisonment of himself or Karoubi and others who also have the aim of resolving the current crisis in Iran, will not the solution to the problem. To see the full statement written in Farsi / Persian click here .

The race might be over. The next President of the Islamic Republic of Iran has been elected but it could be illegitimate. The 10th Iranian Presidential election has taken place but is surrounded with controversy. On Friday June 12th 2009 Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was elected. Only around 34 million people apparently voted. There were about 46 millions eligible to vote in the elections on June 12th 2009. Outside of Iran Mir Hossein Mousavi was looking like the winner. However according to the official count Mahmoud Ahmadinejad claimed victory. Out of 34,377,493 votes, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad received 21,781,391 votes which equates to 63.36 percent of the total counted votes. Mir Hossein Mousavi received 11,709,391 votes which equates to 34.07 percent, Mohsen Rezaee received 587,913 votes which equates to 1,71 percent and Mahdi Karroubi received 298,798 votes which equates to 0.87 percent..

Mir Hossein Mousavi has appealed to the guardian council to have the results overturned which they rejected. They have instead consulted with the Supreme Leader and authorized the partial recount of the votes. This will be in some of the disputed towns. So far there has been mass demonstrations and unrest. Regretfully a handful of protesters have been killed. The protests up until now have been dissolved using Rubber Bullets, Tear Gas and baton carrying Revolutionary Guards on Motorbikes. The interior Ministry deemed any new protest to be illegal, so live ammunition has also been used.

The men and women of Iran came out in unprecedented numbers to vote on who will become their next President.

Mir Hossein Mousavi was the last Prime Minister of the Islamic Republic when that title existed. He is very popular with the youth of Iran. In London it seems the overwhelming majority were happy to reveal who they had voted for. And in nearly all cases they had voted for Mousavi. There were many young men and women.

Iran's supreme leader The Grand Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has said:
"The elections are an investment made by the nation for the good governance of the country and ensuring a bright future every vote adds to this national investment"

The nominees are Mir Hossein Mousavi of the Independent Party, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of the Abadgaran Party and Mehdi Karroubi of the Etemad e Melli Party and Mohsen Rezaee of the Independent Conservative party. There are many different political parties in Iran.

The news page will contain updates on the latest stories relating to Mir Hossein Mousavi bid to become the next President. I've tried to source the news from as many news agencies as possible.

The Government Web sites Page will give you links and some descriptions for most of the ministry's, councils and main organizations in Iran. Perhaps Mir Hossein Mousavi will help to streamline and improve this ministries and related organizations if he is elected.

The profile page will give you a little background information about Mir Hossein Mousavi.

Some of Mir Hossein Mousavi's policies are listed on the policies page

So what is involved when it comes to voting?

It is very straight forward. Every Iranian holds an ID Document ( کارت ملی ) which also has their birth details and photo. It also has one of their fingerprints in the National ID Card. It is more like a passport but with lesser pages and completely written in farsi.

They queued up at the Iranian Embassy or voting station near their home. Next upon meeting the first official they would be hand over the ID Card and in return they would get a voting slip which they must fingerprint with the same finger used in the ID Card. Men and women vote in the same room.

Then then would go and select one of the four candidates, write his / her name in farsi on the slip then place this voting slip into the ballot box. While the voter is handling the voting slip the official would register his vote using the ID Card.

In London the embassy was open from morning until 8pm for voting. They extended the opening hours due to the unprecedented number of people that turned up to vote. If anyone knows beautiful Kensington the queue to vote stretched beyond the back streets and very far along Kensington High Street.

Every Iranian Worldwide has the right to vote for their New President

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